Preston Davey murder trial hears social worker 'pondered' baby's welfare
Dr Alberto Elbo, an orthopaedic surgeon, treated Preston at the fracture clinic the following week after Varley brought him in.Jurors were shown Dr Elbo's dictated notes from the meeting, which said he was told the injury to the arm was from Preston being placed and strapped in a car seat, and nothing to do with a cot.Peter Wright KC, prosecuting, asked Dr Elbo about this explanation involving a car seat.Dr Elbo said: "That's what dad told me. What I understood from that day was he was being strapped in his car seat. That's all I had in my mind when I dictated that letter."Nick Johnson KC, defending Varley, suggested to the witness that he had been told the injury came about due to a "cot" not a "car"."I don't think so," Dr Elbo replied.Varley took a year off work as head of year and as a design and technology teacher at a local high school, South Shore Academy, to look after Preston after he was adopted, but struggled as a new parent with a baby who frequently woke during the night and with his partner working long hours, the court heard.
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